News & Events for December 2007

Fair Trade stalls

at Shotteswell during the Tuesday Club on 12th
February (please note that this is a week earlier than usual), and at Warmington Village Hall on Wednesday 20th February, 2 till 4.30.January 11th & 12th 

 

St. Valentine…

is associated with romance and flowers, secret admirers and hopeful hearts. But who is St. Valentine and how did he become the champion of love? Valentine was a priest or bishop of Terni who was martyred at Rome under the Emperor Claudius in about 269. Not an obvious start then for this patron saint of lovers.

The connection of this celebration with lovers seems to be either as the traditional day in medieval belief when birds mated, or more likely as being linked with the pagan Lupercalia festival in Rome, which occurred on the Ides of February. For the greetings card industry he is a gift, the number of cards sent for Valentine’s Day are exceeded only by Christmas.  I have this on good authority  - my Mum was a postwoman!  For Christians, this day marks an acknowledgement of an all-loving God who blesses those who love one another, as Jesus implored his own disciples to do.                                                                                                                                                     Charmaine

 

Clergy Contact Details:

The Revd Charmaine Host (Priest-in-Charge)    

Tel: 01926 640248

The Revd Dr Richard Cooke (Associate Minister)

            Tel: 07952 544820 (for urgent messages)

Tel: 01295 690213 (Warmington